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The time has come…change can be good right? I’m hoping changing from Spaces to Wordpress will give me a boost I need to start blogging again. It’s new territory for me but I need something I don’t have to keep maintained as often. I hope you’ll pop in from time to time and see me. Thank you all for sticking with me here even when I failed to visit and keep up with everyone.

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In other news… my sweet Blu passed away Friday. He hadn’t been himself the last few days and when he didn’t show up to see me off for work Thursday I feared the worst. I called home on break and hubby said he was in the backyard and he would take him to the vet if he couldn’t get him to eat. He disappeared a few minutes later. We searched the neighbors later that evening, up and down the road..no Blu. Friday evening we walked past the backyard into the neighbors field and there we found him. He looked as though he had laid down and went to sleep. We think he either got into some poison or was poisoned on purpose. Even though we never saw the tell-tale signs of poisoning…vomiting, drunkenness, diarrhea. He just seemed tired and had no appetite suddenly. We buried him next to Sadie under the willow tree in the backyard. He often chased Foxy up the willow and kept her there till he saw fit to let her come down. It’s hard to believe just how much he had grown over the last few months. He went from a 25 lb puppy to 75lbs of tongue and teeth in no time. He chewed up everything he could find and would bury his rawhide bones by the ditchbank for future chews. He was a pest and an angel at the same time and I wouldn’t have taken all the money in the world for him. My time with him was more precious than I could have known. RIP my dear sweet baby.

The day we brought him home.. 3 1/2 months old. His collar was too big for him!

Oh those paws…we knew he was going to be a big dog.

Taken thru the backdoor…his first big “trouble”. He got into my potted plants on the deck and proceeded to lay in the soil. That face says it all.

A photo I entered in a contest. A precious moment where he was STILL. lol

 

A favorite pastime

Oh boy a new squeaky toy!

Daddy what do you mean I’m getting too big to be on the couch??

Taken through the backdoor window…I think he slept this way for an hour. lol

Bringing me his baseball on a very windy day

“num num num..this sure is good kibble”

Staking claim on the deck. He’s really grown now.

Why are you licking my toes????

 

Look ma I’m on the couch!!

The definition of “comfortable”

His last photo..taken Nov 8th. He was soaking up some sun on the deck while I tended to the pond. Ears flopped back, not a care in the world. My heart is heavy.